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AUGUST HALsTENBAcmE BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

BABY-WALKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patentl No. 343,026, dated June 1,1886.

Application filed March 3. 1886. Serial No.l 193,8!9. (No model.)

a subject of the Emperor of Germany, resid-` ing in Buffalo,in thecounty of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Baby Walkers, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient means forassisting a child to walk and amuse itself,and at the same time providean easy seat for the child when required.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient means for adaptingthe chair for the use of a large or small child; and it consists of astationary top permanently secured to the frame, a movable portion forenlarging the opening in which the child is placed, and a means forfilling the opening left by the sliding portion when used for enlargingthe capacity of the chair,as will be fully and clearly f hereinaftershown, described, and claimed, by

a large'portion. of the otherfront leg, anda part of the upper and lowerfront ronnds'are broken away so as to show more clearly the parts behindthem. Fig. 2 is, a planer top view showing .the horizontallyextensiblefront portion moved forward,and its closed or normal position by dottedlines. Fig. 3

represents a cross-section in lineX X,Fi`g. 2;

and Fig. 4 is a detached side elevation of the top and top frame piece.l

In said drawings, 1 represents the stationary portion of the top of thechair. It is rigidly secured by nails or screws to the frame-pieces 2.The legs 3, 4, 5, and 6 are also secured in the usual wayto the saidframepieces. Each leg is provided with a casterwheel, 7, secured to along shank, 8, which projects up into the leg, (see leg 6, Fig. 1,) andis adapted to be adjusted verticallyv up or down, and secured at anydesiredpoint of adjustment by means of the thumblscrews 9, there beingone for each leg,so that the height of the device can be regulated toanswer for children of different sizes or ages.

..10 represents the movable or sliding portion ofthe top. Its under partis provided with two transverse strips, l1, having one side Vbeveled soas to rest against the beveled or inclined sides of the frame-pieces 2.(See Fig. 1.)4 They are also shown by the dotted lines 11 in Fig. 2.This construction itwill be seen, keeps. the sliding cover close to theframe-work, but at the same time allows it tov be moved back and forthhorizontally. The object in making this part movable is to adapt it tobeopened when putting the child in or taking it out.

12 represents two narrow strips having .pieces `'on one side andperforations on the other side, adapted to receive the pins 13 in thetop 10. They are put in and taken out in the same way thatthe leaves areput in and taken out fromk the top of an ordinary extension-table. Theirobject is to provide the means for making the opening 14 larger orsmaller. When they are in place and the portion 10 moved up to itsproper position, it is secured by the hook`15, being hooked over `thepin 16, and when thc movable pieces 12 yThese hooks hold the front partof the seat.

The rear' portion is held down in place by the back frame of the chair24 25, (shown in Figs. l and 3,) the lower end of which rests lon theseat, as shown at 26 in Fig. 3, where it is secured by a hook, 27. Thisseat is hinged to the under part of the top portion, l, by hinges 28,(shown in Fig. 3,) and when not required for use it is turned up, asshown by the dotted lines 29,and secured by a hook and staple, 30. Vhenthe seat is not required for use,it is taken out andvhnng up on able topportion and two removable strips, 1o 12, for adjusting the size of theopening 14;, and hooks for holding the parts in place, for the purposesdescribed.

AUGUST I-IALSTENBAOH. Vitnesses:

JENNIE M. CALDWELL, JAMES SANGSTER.

